Kunming-Wenshan Tours
Kunming-Wenshan tours will bring you to visit the famous attractions in Kunming and Wenshan, like Dianchi lake, western hills and dragon gate, and Puzhehei.
This summer tour takes you to visit the world of lotus flowers–Puzhehei. If you are a devotee of natural landscape and a photographer, this tour will give you a deep impression of the masterpiece of nature and you will leave with no regrets.
Highlights:
- Appreaciate the booming lotus on the lake and charming landscape.
- Enjoy local ethnic life.
Brief Itinerary
- Day 1: Kunming-Puzhehei
- Day 2: Puzhehei-Kunming
Detailed Itinerary
Day 1 Kunming-Puzhehei by Speed Train
Sightseeing and Activities: Puzhehei, Qinglong Mountain, Torch Cave, Kwan-yin Cave
Accommodation: Puzhehei
Meals: Lunch, Dinner
Pick you up at your hotel in Kunming. Drive to Kunming South Railway Station. Take a morning bullet train to Puzhehei. After arrival, take a private car to Puzheihei Scenic Area. Take a small boat to visit the Karst landscape and rurality and lakes. If you come to Puzhehei on June, July and August, you will see large scale of lotus flowers on the lake. Then disembark at the Qinglongshan wharf and climb Qinglong Mountain to see the panorama of Puzhehei. After that, walk to visit the Torch Cave and Kwan-yin Cave.
Day 2 Puzhehei-Kunming by Speed Train
Sightseeing and Activities: Ethnic Villages, Swan Lake
Accommodation: None
Meals: Lunch
This morning, visit some villages in the scenic area to experience local life. Then visit the “Swan Lake“. Usually, you could see swans and play on the lake. After lunch, drive to Puzhehei railway station. Take a bullet train back to Kunming. Drop you off to your hotel in Kunming. Service ends.
Recommended Hotels
| Destination | 5 Star | 4 Star | 3 Star | Hostels |
| Puzhehei | Ya Bei Boutique Hotel | Yida Inn | Yilin Hotel | / |
Service Included:
- Admission fees for all of the sightseeing spots listed in the itinerary;
- Meals as listed in the itinerary;
- Hotels as listed in the itinerary;
- Private English-speaking tour guide;
- Private vehicle for transfers & sightseeing with skilled driver;
- Service charge & government taxes;
- Luggage transfers between airports and hotels;
- Round-trip bullet train tickets between Kunming and Puzhehei(Second-class tickets).
Service Excluded:
- Any arrival and departure international airfares or train tickets;
- Chinese visa fees;
- Excess baggage charged by airlines;
- Single room supplement;
- Tips to guides and drivers;
- Personal expenses and gratuities to service staff;
- Personal travel accident insurance;
- All optional programs.
If you are a devotee of natural landscape and a photographer, this tour to Bamei Village will give you a deep impression of the masterpiece of nature and you will leave with no regrets since it is knowned as “a land of idyllic beauty” in Yunnan.
Highlights:
- Enjoy the peaceful life of Zhuang ethnic people in Bamei Village.
- Explore the wonder and mystery of karst caves.
- Experience the River Cruise Tour in Bamei River.
Brief Itinerary
- Day 1:Kunming-Bamei Village
- Day 2: Bamei Village-Guannan County
Detailed Itinerary
Day 1 Kunming-Guangnan County-Bamei Village
Sightseeing and Activities:Kunming-Guangnan County-Bamei Village
Accommodation:Bamei Village
Meals:Lunch and Dinner
Pick you up at your hotel in Kunming. Transfer to Kunming train station. Take a morning high speed train to Guangnan County. After arrival, drive to Bamei Village. Before enter the village, you will take a carriage and take a boat to cross through karst caves to reach this village. Visit Bamei village and the Big Banyan Tree, enjoy the peaceful life of Zhuang ethnic people.
The Bamei Village is located on the common boundary of Ake Village and Bada Village in the north of the Guangnan County, Wenshan. It belongs to the Karst topography. The Village is surrounded by green mountains, and through the Village runs all the year round a clear river which is called Tuoniang River. The most interesting thing about the village is that people have to go through a deep and sombrous water cave by boat whenever they want go in and out. When you emerge from the tunnel you will be amazed. In a hidden valley, among a grove of green bamboos and old trees, lies Bamei Village. A blue stream gently flows by, and hard-working farmers silently till the green fields. It’s a picture of another lost Shangri-la. Due to inconvenient location and hard transit, the village escaped attacks by outsiders and the influences of the modern world, staying as unadorned and as pure as they always were. A well-preserved environment and sub-tropical climate made the area a “Promised Land” for the inhabitants.
Day 2 Bamei Village-Guangnan County-Kunming
Sightseeing and Activities:Bamei Village-Guangnan County-Kunming
Accommodation:None
Meals:Breakfast
This morning, walk around in Bamei village and visit Bamei River. Take the boat to get out of the village from another cave. Then drive back to Guangnan train station and take the high speed train to Kunming City. Service ends.
Recommended Hotels
| Destination | 5 Star | 4 Star | 3 Star | Hostel |
| Bamei | / | / | Renjia Agritainment |
Service Included:
- Admission fees for all of the sightseeing spots listed in the itinerary;
- Meals as listed in the itinerary;
- Hotels as listed in the itinerary;
- Private English-speaking tour guide;
- Private vehicle for transfers & sightseeing with skilled driver;
- Service charge & government taxes;
- Luggage transfers between airports and hotels;
- High speed train tickets(2nd class seat).
Service Excluded:
- Any arrival and departure international airfares or train tickets;
- Chinese visa fees;
- Excess baggage charged by Airlines;
- Single room supplement;
- Tips to guides and drivers;
- Personal expenses and gratuities to service staff;
- Personal travel accident insurance;
- All optional programs.
Travel Tips:
- Visitors are advised to always carry changes of clothing due to the large variations in temperature between day and night.
- The climate is relatively dry, so drink more water every day.
- Protecting oneself from strong UV radiation at high altitude.
- Protecting oneself from altitude sickness. Lessen the effects of altitude sickness, avoid strenuous exercise and have plenty of rest.
- Respect local customs , habits, and religious beliefs.
- Situated on the northern edge of the tropical zone, Xishuangbanna area is hot, humid and rainy; 7.Don’t forget to take an umbrella or a raincoat when go out.
- When take photos, please pay attention to your safety, do not shoot in dangerous areas.
Step into Yunnan ethnic villages , walk around the villages and see what their life and culture are. Taste Yunnan food, and have local traditional meals in local families. Discover the Xanadu Village which is hiding in the mountain by passing through caves. Take a boat to enjoy the karst landscape in Puzhehei.
Highlights:
- Explore a boat tour to enjoy the karst landscape in Puzhehei.
- Enjoy the charming landscape of Bamei.
- Step into ethnic Village to familiar ethnic people’s life and culture.
Brief Itinerary
- Day 1: Kunming Arrival
- Day 2: Kunming-Shilin-Mile
- Day 3: Mile-Chengzi Village-Puzhehei
- Day 4: Puzhehei
- Day 5: Puzhehei-Guangnan-Bamei
- Day 6: Kunming Departure
Google Map
Detailed Itinerary
Day 1 Arrive in Kunming
Sightseeing and Activities:Arrive in Kunming
Accommodation: Kunming
Meals: None
Arrive in Kunming. Pick you up at train station or airport. Transfer to hotel.
Day 2 Kunming-Shilin-Mile
Sightseeing and Activities:Kunming-Shilin-Mile
Accommodation: Mile
Meals: Breakfast and Lunch
Visit the Stone Forest in Shilin County, there is a local saying says that “It will be a waste witout seeing the Stone Forest once you visit Kunming”.
Then transfer to Mile City, visit Keyi Yi Ethnic Village (可邑村) in Mile City on the way.
Arrive in Mile City in the later afternoon, enjoy Mile Hot Spring in Huquan Hot Spring Hotel.
Day 3 Mile-Chengzi Village-Shede Yi Ethnic Town-Puzhehei
Sightseeing and Activities:Mile-Chengzi Village-Shede Yi Ethnic Town-Puzhehei
Accommodation: Puzhehei
Meals: Breakfast and Lunch
Transfer to visit Chengzi Village in Luxi County.Visit Shede Yi Ethnic Town and Shede Pasture in Qiubei County. Then visit Hebian Village (丘北县曰者镇河边村) which is listed as Traditional Ethnic Villages of China located in of Yuezhe Town in Qiubei County.
Arrive at Puzhehei in the later afternoon.
Day 4 Puzhehei
Sightseeing and Activities:Puzhehei
Accommodation: Puzhehei
Meals: Breakfast and Lunch
This morning, take a small boat to visit the Karst landscape and rurality and lakes. If you come to Puzhehei on June, July and August, you will see large scale of lotus flowers on the lake. Then disembark at the Qinglongshan wharf and climb Qinglong Mountain to see the panorama of Puzhehei. After that, walk to visit the Torch Cave and Kwan-yin Cave. Then visit the “Swan Lake”.
Day 5 Puzhehei-Guangnan-Bamei
Sightseeing and Activities:Puzhehei-Guangnan-Bamei
Accommodation: Bamei
Meals: Breakfast and Lunch
Drive to Guangnan County, then take a boat to Bamei village by passing through the caves. After landing, visit Bamei Village and the Big Banyan Tree, enjoy the peaceful life of Zhuang ethnic people.
Day 6 Bamei-Kunming-Departure
Sightseeing and Activities:Bamei-Kunming-Departure
Accommodation: None
Meals: Breakfast
This morning, walk around in Bamei Village and visit Bamei River. Take the boat to get out of the village from another cave. Then drive back to Kunming City. Service ends.
Recommended Hotels
| Destination | 5 Star | 4 Star | 3 Star | Hostel |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lijiang | InterContinental Hotel Lijiang | Wangfu Hotel | Louwailou Hotel | Baisha Holiday Resort |
| Mile | Mile Huquan Tiyi Hotel | Shangjing Hotel | Mile Tingyuan Hotel | Yuezhou Hotel |
| Puzhehei | / | Puzhehei Mijia Hotel | Heimansu Hotel | Yanhu Hotel |
| Bamei | / | / | / | Bamei Agritainment |
Service Included:
- Admission fees for all of the sightseeing spots listed in the itinerary;
- Meals as listed in the itinerary;
- Hotels as listed in the itinerary;
- Private English-speaking tour guide;
- Private vehicle for transfers & sightseeing with skilled driver;
- Service charge & government taxes;
- Luggage transfers between airports and hotels.
Service Excluded:
- Any arrival and departure international airfares or train tickets;
- Chinese visa fees;
- Excess baggage charged by Airlines;
- Single room supplement;
- Tips to guides and drivers;
- Personal expenses and gratuities to service staff;
- Personal travel accident insurance;
- All optional programs.
This summer tour takes you to visit two fairylands in Yunnan Province: the world of lotus flowers–Puzhehei, and Xanadu–Bamei village. If you are a devotee of natural landscape and a photographer, this tour will give you a deep impression of the masterpiece of nature and you will leave with no regrets.
Highlights:
- Appreaciate the booming lotus on the lake and charming landscape.
- Know more about local ethnic minorities.
- Find another lost Shangri-la, isolated and mysterious Bamei Village.
Brief Itinerary
- Day 1 Kunming-Puzhehei
- Day 2 Puzhehei-Bamei
- Day 3 Bamei-Puzhehei-Kunming
Google Map
Detailed Itinerary
Day 1 Kunming-Puzhehei By Speed Train
Sightseeing and Activities: Puzhehei Scenic Resort, Qinglong Mountain, Torch Cave, Kwan-yin Cave, Local Ethnic Show
Accommodation: Puzhehei
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
This morning, drive to Kunming train station, then take the speed train to Puzhehei. After arrival, drive to Puzhehei Scenic Resort, take a small boat to visit the Karst landscape and rurality and lakes. If you come to Puzhehei on June, July and August, you will see large scale of lotus flowers on the lake. Then disembark at the Qinglongshan wharf and climb Qinglong Mountain to see the panorama of Puzhehei. After that, walk to visit the Torch Cave and Kwan-yin Cave.
In the evening, you will watch a local show performed by ethnic minorities, such as Yi Minority, Bai Minority and Yao Minority.
Puzhehei in northwest Qiubei County is a fairyland from which visitor can have a panoramic view of clear lakes and pond full of lotus, emerald mountains and enchanting karst landscape. This charming country is also an ideal place to view the pomp in festivals of the Yao, Miao, Huang and Yi minorities. July to August is the best time to admire the most beautiful country landscape of Puzhehei, because the lotus blossoms are in their florescence.
Day 2 Puzhehei-Bamei
Sightseeing and Activities: Swan Lake, Bamei Village, Big Banyan Tree
Accommodation: Bamei
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
This morning, visit some villages in the scenic area to experience local life. Then visit the “Swan Lake”. After lunch, drive to Guangnan County, then take a boat to Bamei village by passing through the caves. After landing, visit Bamei Village and the Big Banyan Tree, enjoy the peaceful life of Zhuang ethnic people.
-The Bamei Village is located on the common boundary of Ake Village and Bada Village in the north of the Guangnan County,Wenshan. It belongs to the Karst topography. The Village is surrounded by green mountains, and through the Village runs all the year round a clear river which is called Tuoniang River. The most interesting thing about the village is that people have to go through a deep and sombrous water cave by boat whenever they want go in and out.When you emerge from the tunnel you will be amazed. In a hidden valley, among a grove of green bamboos and old trees, lies Bamei Village. A blue stream gently flows by, and hard-working farmers silently till the green fields. It’s a picture of another lost Shangri-la. Due to inconvenient location and hard transit, the village escaped attacks by outsiders and the influences of the modern world, staying as unadorned and as pure as they always were. A well-preserved environment and sub-tropical climate made the area a “Promised Land” for the inhabitants.
Day 3 Bamei-Puzhehei-Kunming By Speed Train
Sightseeing and Activities: Bamei village, Bamei River
Accommodation:
Meals: Breakfast
This morning, walk around in Bamei village and visit Bamei River. Take the boat to get out of the village from another cave. Then drive back to Puzheihei and take the speed train to Kunming City. Service ends.
Recommended Hotels
| City | 5 Star | 4 Star | 3 Star | Hostel |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Puzhehei | Yabei Boutique Hotel | Guyue Lakeview Inn | Benqian Guyin Hotel | Yi Da Inn |
| Bamei | / | / | / | Bamei Dibei Guiyuan Hotel |
Service Included:
- Admission fees for all of the sightseeing spots listed in the itinerary; Meals as listed in the itinerary;
- Accommodation with breakfast as listed in the itinerary;
- Private English-speaking tour guide and vehicle for transfers & sightseeing;
- Service charge & government taxes;
- Luggage transfers between airports and hotels;
- Two bottles of mineral water each day;
- Travel Agency’s Responsibility Insurance;
- Round trip speed train tickets.
Service Excluded:
- Any arrival and departure international airfares or train tickets; Chinese visa fees; Excess baggage charged by Airlines;
- Single room supplement;
- Tips to guides and drivers;
- Personal expenses and gratuities to service staff;
- Personal travel accident insurance;
- All optional programs.
Travel Tips:
- Visitors are advised to always carry changes of clothing due to the large variations in temperature between day and night.
- The climate is relatively dry, so drink more water every day.
- Protecting oneself from strong UV radiation at high altitude.
- Protecting oneself from altitude sickness. Lessen the effects of altitude sickness, avoid strenuous exercise and have plenty of rest.
- Respect local customs , habits, and religious beliefs.
- When take photos, please pay attention to your safety, do not shoot in dangerous areas.
Hualian means to enforce somebody to wear collies. Hualian Festival is special of Yi Minority in Qiubei County, Wenshan Prefecture. Yis there also claim themselves to be Sani branch like that in the Stone Forest. Yi ancestors in Qiubei were said to wear black collies on their faces to drive away evil spirits thus Hualian Festival was brought forth, and it has become a golden opportunity for young generation to develop new romances because they could, on that day, “mark the faces” to express love.
Highlights
- Enjoy the beautiful scenneries of Puzhehei.
- Take part in the special Huanlian Festival.
- Meet diverse ethnic culturesof Yi, Bai, Huang and Yao.
Brief Itinerary
- Day 1: Kunming – Puzhehei
- Day 2: Puzhehei
- Day 3: Puzhehei – Kunming
Google Map
Detailed Itinerary
Day 1 Kunming-Puzhehei
Sightseeing and Activities:Boat Cruise, Qinglongshan Mountain, Torch Cave and Kwan-yin Cave, Local Show
Accommodation:Puzhehei
Meals:L
This morning, drive to Kunming train station, then take the speed train to Puzhehei. After arrival, drive to Puzhehei Scenic Resort, take a small boat to visit the Karst landscape and lakes, enjoy the local rurality. During your boat cruise, you will see large scale of lotus flowers on the lake. Then disembark at the Qinglongshan wharf and climb Qinglongshan Mountain to see the panorama of Puzhehei. After that, walk to visit the Torch Cave and Kwan-yin Cave.
In the evening, you will watch a local show performed by ethnic minorities, such as Yi Minority, Bai Minority and Yao Minority.
-Puzhehei in northwest Qiubei County is a fairyland from which visitor can have a panoramic view of clear lakes and pond full of lotus, emerald mountains and enchanting karst landscape. This charming country is also an ideal place to view the pomp in festivals of the Yao, Miao, Huang and Yi minorities. July to August is the best time to admire the most beautiful country landscape of Puzhehei, because the lotus blossoms are in their florescence.
Day 2 Puzhehei
Sightseeing and Activities:Swan Lake, Bijiaoshang Mountain, Hualian Festival
Accommodation:Puzhehei
Meals:B,L
This morning, visit some villages in the scenic area to experience local life. Then visit the “Swan Lake” and watch the “Release of Swans”.
After lunch, drive to Bijiashan Mountain(笔架山) to attend the “Opening Ceremony of Hualian Festival”. Then watch the local shows. After the shows, you will start to join the carnival group to celebrate Hualian Festival. People will paint the faces of other people for them to express best wishes by daubing straw ash on face to get good luck.
After the celebration, drive back to hotel.
Day 3 Puzhehei-Kunming
Sightseeing and Activities:Caihuaqin
Accommodation:
Meals:B,L
This morning, you can trek about 5 km to visit Caihuaqing(菜花箐), a quiet , rustic and ecological village where Miao minority people live. After lunch, drive to Puzheihei train station and take the speed train to Kunming City. Service ends.
Recommended Hotels
| Destination | 5 Star | 4 Star | 3 Star | Hostels |
| Kunming | Sofitel Hotel | Jingjiang Hotel | Long Teng Hotel | Tu Tu Inn |
| Puzhehei | / | Yi Da Inn | / |
Puzhehei Guyue Lakeview Inn |
Service Included:
- Admission fees for all of the sightseeing spots listed in the itinerary;
- Meals as listed in the itinerary;
- Accommodation with breakfast as listed in the itinerary;
- Private English-speaking tour guide and vehicle for transfers & sightseeing;
- Service charge & government taxes;
- Two bottles of mineral water each day;
- Luggage transfers between airports and hotels.
Service Excluded:
- Any arrival and departure international airfares or train tickets;
- Chinese visa fees;
- Excess baggage charged by Airlines;
- Single room supplement;
- Tips to guides and drivers;
- Personal expenses and gratuities to service staff;
- Personal travel insurance;
- All optional programs.
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Tips Before Travel
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Don't assume you're restricted to the main hubs of Beijing and Shanghai, our tours can start from any city.
Register with your embassy
For your safety, please register with the Embassy.
Always have local cash
Exchange some local currency for your trip
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